Chief Inspector Tom Thompson, who is heading up the regional police campaign across Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire, said: “Driving while impaired, whether through drink or drugs, devastates lives.

“Sadly, each year drink and drugs are a contributory factor in death and serious injury on the UK’s roads.

“Improved detection methods, and a change in the law, introduced three years ago have seen a rise on the number of drug drive arrests.